unwholesome
About 0.45 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
unwholesome air, or food
- adjective Not sound; tainted; defective.
- adjective Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Similar words
insalubrious unhealthful unhealthy noisome nauseating loathsome vile sickening offensive morbid
Often followed by
food and or air for in atmosphere to conditions
Word family
unwholesomely
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